I've ordered a Model Y RWD. I don't own a home and my apartment doesn't have parking. So I plan to rely on destination chargers near me. But Tesla says Model Y should be charged to 100% at least once a week. If I start charging at 20% on a 7kw charger it will take me about 8 hours at destination charging.
This is the worst-case scenario. But with my new job I probably will use the car only on weekends which means at a full charge I would have about 35% down by weekend due to Sentry mode, so I'll probably need to charge only from 65% to 100% at the destination chargers - about 3.5 hours.
3.5 hours is still too long sometimes, but most places I visit on weekends have destination charging and I could easily spend 3-4 hours there a day.
An alternative is to supercharge (I am referring purely to Tesla Superchargers, not third-party fast chargers) every weekend to bring it to 100. I understand there have been many statements about this, but I am a bit confused.
So if I only supercharge (and that too only on the Tesla Supercharger network) to 100% every week, considering my car comes with LFP, is there anything I'd need to worry about - like battery degradation, or Tesla reducing my charging speed permanently due to use of only Supercharging?
I have seen statements for and against supercharging. I am looking for something concrete. Tesla's website still says that the best option is to charge only up to 80%. But at the same time, the Model Y manual says to charge 100% daily.
So then why am I buying a Tesla if I don't have a convenient charging option?
Well, I think everyone has the right to do their part to adopt and encourage EVs and clean energy in general, regardless of whether they own a home or a permanent place to charge their car. I've always been an EV enthusiast. I understand all electricity distributed in NSW isn't clean energy. But at least 26% of electricity is made from renewable sources in NSW (2021 stats). Something is better than nothing. And I want to contribute to utilizing that.